The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3344 advisory.

    * glibc: stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache (CVE-2024-33599)

    * glibc: null pointer dereferences after failed netgroup cache insertion     (CVE-2024-33600)

    * glibc: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure     (CVE-2024-33601)

    * glibc: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings     (CVE-2024-33602)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Rocky Linux 8 : glibc (RLSA-2024:3344)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200604

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Version 1.2 Jul 3, 2024, 6:50 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2024-33602") Plugin Feed: 202407030650
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